A Podium in Miami

News January 2016

GREAT PODIUM AT MIAMI WORLDCUP !

Miami, January 30th, 2016 – By winning a bronze medal at the well-attended Miam WorldCup (47 crews from 26 nations), Matìas Bühler and Nathalie Brugger start the Olympic year on a promising performance. Two weeks after winning the Midwinter Regatta Miami (21 nations) this podium valid technical and handling progress on their Nacra 17, the fastest boat in Olympic sailing.

image(c) Mitch Booth / Swiss Sailing Team

Nathalie commented after the Medal Race: "During these 16 races, we experienced an intense week of racing in complicated conditions and very irregular wind. In our tactics and strategy he had to keep our eyes open and be constant. This is what has enabled us to raise in the ranking ! We are happy with our technical progression and our new material in such varied conditions "

image (c) Jesus Renedo / Sailing Energy / World Sailing

Matias added: " Every hour spent on water in Barcelona under changing conditions is paying off today! With our new coach Mitch Booth we were able to test and validate good material. With less than 190 days to go for the Olympics I feel that we have gathered all the right ingredients to make it work "

As a next step we will focus on the coming World Championship in Clearwater, Florida USA , starting February 8th . Our aim is to validate the selection of the Bühler- Brugger crew for Rio 2016, according to the criteria of Swiss Olympic . A top 12 nation? we believe in it!

We dedicate this podium to all our partners, sponsors, friends and to the whole team around our project, without which our Olympic journey would be impossible.